Perl Moose syntax

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Why Moose uses syntax like this:

has 'friends' => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Array', default => () );

instead of using this syntax

has 'friends' => [ is => 'rw', isa => 'Array', default => () ];

I think the latter syntax does make more sense

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Re: Perl Moose syntax by choroba (Cardinal) on Dec 28, 2014 at 11:07 UTC
Note the syntax for default: `default => SCALAR \| CODE` Is () scalar or code? لսႽ† ᥲᥒ⚪⟊Ⴙᘓᖇ Ꮅᘓᖇ⎱ Ⴙᥲ𝇋ƙᘓᖇ	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Perl Moose syntax by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2014 at 03:12 UTC
I think the latter syntax does make more sense Why?	[reply]
Re^2: Perl Moose syntax by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2014 at 03:17 UTC
Because inside has subroutine you can assign value more clearly. like: `my ($prop_name,$prop_options)=@_` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Perl Moose syntax by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2014 at 03:23 UTC
What's wrong with `my ($prop_name,%prop_options) = @_;`? Dereferencing a `$prop_options` would mean a bit more typing.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Perl Moose syntax by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2014 at 05:44 UTC
Re^5: Perl Moose syntax by Anonymous Monk on Dec 28, 2014 at 15:03 UTC
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Re: Perl Moose syntax by ambrus (Abbot) on Jan 16, 2015 at 08:45 UTC
See also the dupe Why Moose uses this syntax??!!.	[reply]